This (bizarrely) used to be one of the better-trafficked Gazza threads back in the day when the forum was like 9 of us talking to the ether, so I'm going to fire one up for tradition's sake if nothing else. NUFC's offseason consisted of absorbing some of the more functional bits of Bournemouth. The moves were those of a team trying to keep the wheels on in the EPL until the club can be sold rather than those of a team looking to build anything over the long term--there are very few actual young players in the side other than the Longstaves.
Record signing Joelinton is now third-choice striker behind 27 y/o new boy Callum Wilson and extremely old boy Andy Carroll. So maybe it's best that they aren't trusting the scouts.
Regardless, following early round victories over Blackburn (1-0) and Morecambe (0-7; ouch babe), only fourth-tier Newport County stands between Newcastle and the quarterfinals of the League Cup. There will be at least two other winnable ping pong balls in the quarterfinal draw as well (Brentford/Fulham; Villa/Bristol/Stoke). So that plus a couple of well-timed COVID outbreaks could have us set for a trophy, right?
Record signing Joelinton is now third-choice striker behind 27 y/o new boy Callum Wilson and extremely old boy Andy Carroll. So maybe it's best that they aren't trusting the scouts.
Regardless, following early round victories over Blackburn (1-0) and Morecambe (0-7; ouch babe), only fourth-tier Newport County stands between Newcastle and the quarterfinals of the League Cup. There will be at least two other winnable ping pong balls in the quarterfinal draw as well (Brentford/Fulham; Villa/Bristol/Stoke). So that plus a couple of well-timed COVID outbreaks could have us set for a trophy, right?